Security update for ghostscript

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1884-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-10194 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-10194 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for ghostscript fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2018-10194: The set_text_distance function did not prevent overflows in text-positioning calculation, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document (bsc#1090099).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Basesystem Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2018-1281=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • ghostscript-9.23-3.3.1
    • ghostscript-debuginfo-9.23-3.3.1
    • ghostscript-devel-9.23-3.3.1
    • ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.23-3.3.1
    • ghostscript-debugsource-9.23-3.3.1
    • ghostscript-x11-9.23-3.3.1

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